This is the OOC topic for Awakening. This thread contains the rules of the RP, a quick reference sheet for all the characters, and conversations about what's going on.

RULES

Obviously, the RP runs on the usual Adrift rules, but here are a few other things...

This RP has a lot of mystery and exploration elements, so be sure to look around and investigate things, and pay attention to your environment, as you'll be moving through different areas. Interact with objects of interest in your environments; they're probably important to the story.

I'm leaving things more open, but when it comes to combat, general Adrift rules apply. In combat,take only one action at a time. Always assume an enemy (or enemies) aren't cannon fodder unless I state otherwise. If you're allowed to instantly kill something in your post, I'll say so in the DM post. Otherwise, always assume you cannot.

If you receive a PM about this campaign, chances are it'll be in-character (I'll state otherwise if it isn't). I'll be PMing people information that only they are privy to, and it's their choice whether or not to share it with their fellow players (and how they choose to share it). I may also have some interactions via PMs, so that players are not privy to those private interactions, either (if this happens, I'll specify this too, and if the conversation gets interrupted in-game the PM chain gets interrupted, too).

For these private convos, I'll mostly only do it for important things, so it's not always going to happen. If you want to keep something in-character secretive and drag one of my NPCs off to some private place, feel free to do so and then you can begin the PM chain. However, in-character PMing between players isn't permitted unless I'm also in the PM conversation (as DM, I have to know everything to give everyone the best experience).

Again, this shouldn't be used often, as all players should be included when at all possible.

There will be no group penalties for people not posting, but your individual character may be punished if you suddenly stop posting without warning. All I'm asking is a quick message on Skype or Battle.net or something and/or just a PM, to let me know you won't be posting anymore and/or for a certain period of time. If you get behind and want to catch up, just PM me and I can get you up to speed so you can get back in the game. But please let me know if you aren't going to be posting, for whatever reason. I won't be offended (unless maybe you're rude enough to not give me some kind of heads-up that you aren't going to post anymore ).

-Almost comically large backpack loaded with tools, spare parts, and other such necessities for managing manned and unmanned vehicles.

-A wrist-mounted computer - not unlike a ‘fallout’-styled PDA - with which to control her drones and their digital security… and directly - or indirectly via drone - plug into other systems. It is wired up to her headset, allowing Kit to use most of the functions with a series of blinks and subtle eye-rolls when her hands are busy.

-Her headset allows her to see through the eyes of her drones, but reduces the amount of control she has over them for the time being… not to mention having split-vision takes a toll on Varsiti’s overall perception.

-A low-caliber, low-capacity blazer pistol.

-A simple, dagger-sized SET blade.

-Simple ‘blazer’ suit in Victorian colors.

Drones:
-A simple, hovering drone Kit named 'Eyeball' largely designed for scouting - given it’s barely the size of Kit’s head and almost silent, it’s excellent for the role - but it can plug into systems to allow Varsiti access.

-A somewhat bulky, heavy drone Kit refers to as 'Tank' that maneuvers via treads like a tank. In the center of its rectangular build, a dome housing dual low-caliber blazer guns acts as the main way this drone interacts with the environment. Built for taking and receiving blows, this UGV is about the size of Kit’s torso namely to house a small shield generator to assist in this purpose - and to provide Varsiti with some protection when it is needed.

-With the tools she has on hand, Kit can repurpose either of these given some time and hoping neither drone is too badly damaged to be modified.

-Blazer ‘Shredder-Pattern’ Minigun: a triple-triple-barrelled cannon designed to tear apart targets in a short period of time, its primary weakness is limited ammunition. Kragzek solved that by carrying a backpack full of ammunition

-A suit of scrappy duranium armor (parts of it protecting his more vital areas like his head are duranium, while other plates are cheaper steel), fashioned almost like a suit of knightly armor from humanity’s past… albeit charred black by Kragzek’s fiery powers to provide an intimidating flair.

Kimberly does not carry much on her person and prefers to live a more nomadic lifestyle. She travels across the galaxy, never settling down, and taking on whatever work she can find when opportunities arise. As such, she always packs light. Kim's entire life can fit into a single dufel bag, which is more than enough to hold her fighting gear, a lightly armored suit specifically tailored to her body (Wrognoths of her proportions have a hard time finding armor) that allows her to remain nimble while still being able to block a bullet or too. It won't help much against anything larger than a stray bullet or a knife, but it has saved her life before. Of particular note in Kim's gear is a pair of gauntlets that allow her to hit even more hard than usual and fire a shotgun blast with every punch. The recoil makes the gauntlets practically useless for a normal being, but for a genetic freak like Kim? They suit her just fine and make her more helpful in a firefight.

— Her primary weapon is the YAB-24 'Kami': A rare, extremely powerful Yavakaro-designed semi-automatic 24mm anti-materiel/sniper rifle. Though its use of HPG technology renders the weapon recoilless, at over 2 meters long (most of it barrel) and 18 kilograms, unloaded (despite the liberal use of advanced lightweight composites in its construction), it is still a fearsome weapon to handle. The Kami is capable of firing a variety of munitions, from standard solid-cored blazer armor-piercing rounds for anti-vehicular use, to special low-drag rounds for ultra-long-range sniping, to high-explosive fragmentation rounds for use against small groups of infantry, to arrow-like flechette rounds for use against Mahlok. It is fitted with a variable-zoom electronic sight, with both day and night-vision modes. Due to the size of the 24mm projectiles, the magazine capacity is quite limited, at only 8 rounds per, but she carries plenty of them.

— As a backup, and for close-quarters combat, she carries a compact (it's small and light enough to be holstered like a pistol, and even fired one-handed if necessary), but surprisingly powerful (at short ranges, anyways), blazer submachine gun. It feeds from quad-stack magazines that hold 45 rounds apiece.

— She also carries a long-bladed duranium blazer combat knife.

— For armor, she wears a Nanomesh bodysuit, overlaid with NanoDuranium plates reinforcing both the torso and the limbs, and a matching, fully-enclosed, helmet. Her armor is capable of being environmentally sealed against airborne chemical or biological threats, though its internal air-supply is quite limited. Her wings are coated with a layer of Sarran nanomachine gel, which provides some protection against both physical and energy-based attacks without impeding their function. When out of armor/off duty, she almost always wears the Nanomesh suit under her normal clothes.

— She has a compact shield generator built into the left gauntlet of her armor.

Blazer bullpup semi-auto shotgun, VM-216 “Pushbroom”, capable of firing numerous rounds, from old-fashioned buckshot to blazer slugs, incendiary “dragon’s breath” shells to nonlethal electro-stun rounds, and anything in between. A built-in cycling system allows him to feed his choice of shells into the chamber with just the push of a button. He can carry it on a sling when not needed and wield it either two-handed for better accuracy, or one-handed in tandem with his...

Personal shield generator, bound to a vambrace on his left arm. Perfect for providing cover while breaching airlocks or storming fortified positions, all marines of the 15th assault group are expected to be proficient in its use. Naturally, he can’t use it for too long without extra power cells, and it only has sufficient coverage for one man, since it’s intended for use in tandem with others or in cramped airlocks and ship corridors.

Standard-issue blazer sidearm. Rico doesn’t use it much, jokingly deriding the pistol as merely an emergency tool “to help him get to a real gun.” Still, he keeps it just as clean and well-maintained as his other tools.

Pilot’s nanofiber flightsuit rated for vacuum, with a few reactive nanoduranium plates. While most of Capulet’s uniform is meant to integrate with his piloting systems or sustain him in the unforgiving cold of space, he has added the more reinforced marine versions of his flight helmet and boots, along with vambraces to protect his forearms (one of which carries his shield generator) and a full vest to protect his center of mass.

Standard-issue Bowie-II blazer combat knife, strapped to his left boot. No one knows if he’s ever actually used it in combat, and he just smiles vaguely at anyone with the audacity to ask about it.

- Standard-issue blazer pistol: Cayden's prefered weapon of choice. He feels no need to carry any specialized or unique sidearms, instead he stuck to the stadnard blazer pistol of Victorian forces. Thats all he really needs.
- VAR-65 blazer rifle: Just in case he will need some more firepower.
- Datapad: To carry mission logs and his personal journal.

Kaori primarily favors her mono-molecular-edged blazer katana for melee combat, though she has been known to stab and slice with the assorted throwing weapons she also uses. While her weapons locker contains an assault rifle and a shotgun, Kuribayashi refrains from using them much, if at all. When ranged combat is necessary, she reaches for her 12mm submachine gun, or 12mm service pistol, both capable of being outfitted with a plethora of tactical accessories to fit the parameters of most any mission she might be assigned.

-Being so tiny leaves Syryn feeling fairly vulnerable, but she has figured out how to get a small - if temporary - dome shield to work for her own protection. With the push of a button a small generator resting atop her spidery back forms a blanket of energy around herself, able to deflect a handful of attacks for a brief moment or two before needing to recharge. It’s really an experimental last-resort.

-Also thanks to her miniature size, getting enough nanofiber mesh to make a suit that covers even her spidery half was surprisingly cost-effective, and Syryn practically lives in the outfit to help avoid notice and absorb any accidental (or, in rare cases, on purpose) blows she receives. Granted a good stomp will still severely injure if not kill the Kaasnyshk, but it can repel lighter assaults from shrapnel and the like.

-Given a projectile weapon is entirely useless for Syryn, she wields a simple laser beam rifle which is all but useless against bigger targets anyway, but can deal some serious damage to creatures more her size. And she’s found it makes for a decent tool when not used for combat.

-On that note, Syryn keeps a few satchels loaded with medical and mechanical supplies around, typically slung around the shield generator on her spider half. These allow her to make small repairs on various devices as well as deal with most common illnesses and light wounds on her own. For larger wounds she typically bugs (hah) someone else to follow her directions in patching the patient up.

-Should her beam laser fail her, Syryn also carries a tiny SET blade for fending off invasive fingers as well as other creatures roughly her size. She’s found it makes a decent beacon for attracting attention in the rare cases she needs to, as well.

Rhys wears a maroon leather jacket, over some Old Earth-style fashion. Over his shoulder sits a messenger bag where he puts his ill-gotten gains. It has a great feature of being dna-locked, allowing Rhys and only Rhys to open it. When it comes to weaponry, he has a pair of blazer magnum revolvers, one strapped to each hip.

NOTE: For the start of the RP, bear in mind that Adrift works based on the Zone system, rather than one big RP megathread. Therefore, if you're in Victory/Yavakaro, be sure to go to the topic "ZONE - The Odyssey," and if you're part of Grimm's Army, go to the topic "ZONE - Devil Dog." Not all players are currently in the same zone, though you will be after introductions.

Lol, I just noticed that both me and Sareth have equipped our characters with energy shields. Just curious, what color, size and shape did you go for? I figured mine would be the blue scutum style rectangle that appeared in the comic.

Just curious, what color, size and shape did you go for? I figured mine would be the blue scutum style rectangle that appeared in the comic.

Simple round disk shape, like in the picture I linked to in my signup. But also blue... or maybe like a darker blue-violet color that looks like it's about to vanish off the ultraviolet edge of the spectrum.

Neat! Yeah, the link didn't come through in here, but I was able to see what you meant in your original signup post. Of course, that happened AFTER I asked and you answered, but it happens. Thank you for your answer, I just couldn't help but wonder.

Tossing up a reply to ya, Burgs. I'll have Jak do something in the Grimm group, if no one else replies sometime before next week.

By the way, I'm currently working hard on an official Nova Refuge wiki. I've got it installed, but I'm still moving over most of the articles and I haven't skinned it yet. If you want to browse it as I work on it (I'm hoping to get at least a few articles revised, cleaned up, and transferred from the wikia every day I can), you can find it here. So far, I've made all of the current Factions and Species articles, but not more than that.

But.... Is it just me, or has Ambad's char. become so ninja that she's literally disappeared from the sign-ups topic?

Did Ambad drop out, or something?

Technically, no, he didn't drop out. But then again, he didn't technically drop out of Errant, either, and I don't think we'll ever see him in that again. He's busy right now, but maybe he'll start posting in here some after the weekend, since he prefers sci-fi to fantasy. Not sure.

Due to my job I wont be able to post 'till next week. I will have my phone on me, so I'm able to access the internet. But my posting abilities will be limited to my phone. I doubt I can get a meaningful post using that tiny thing. I can definitely try, but don't expect much. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. Talk about awful timing.

But after next week there is nothing dramatic on my schedule. So I can devote my free time to the RP

But.... Is it just me, or has Ambad's char. become so ninja that she's literally disappeared from the sign-ups topic?

Did Ambad drop out, or something?

I was wondering about that myself, thank you for pointing that out! I thought he'd just deleted his original post, or I had imagined it or something.

Due to my job I wont be able to post 'till next week. I will have my phone on me, so I'm able to access the internet. But my posting abilities will be limited to my phone. I doubt I can get a meaningful post using that tiny thing. I can definitely try, but don't expect much. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. Talk about awful timing.

But after next week there is nothing dramatic on my schedule. So I can devote my free time to the RP

Yep, I've been there, too. Unless you've got a really good phone, all the scrolling for a proper proofread and the inability to format like you want made the whole ordeal not really worth the effort for me.

I'm actually super busy this week, anyway, and since interactions are still going on (and some players haven't posted yet [namely Ambad]), I'm going to continue letting this go for a bit. I'll post some warning in here before I toss my DM post up, so that hopefully people can finish any lingering interactions before then, as well.

And I will also post again soon, myself, since I also have some interactions hanging.

Another head's up (last minute things keep popping up). I'm slated to be back in the field tomorrow and I should be back Saturday. After Saturday, the next time I will be back is Thursday if everything goes according to plan (it never does). But for now, I'm home today =D

Another head's up (last minute things keep popping up). I'm slated to be back in the field tomorrow and I should be back Saturday. After Saturday, the next time I will be back is Thursday if everything goes according to plan (it never does). But for now, I'm home today =D

Due to some complications in my life, I'm sorry to say that I'm going to have to put this campaign on hold. I guess I'm finally breaking my record of never putting any Errant campaign on hiatus, but does it still count if it's Adrift?

In all seriousness, I apologize deeply for this, and I really hate to do this in Adrift's very first campaign. But I simply cannot muster up the time or inspiration to continue working on this at the moment. I'll do what I can to have this campaign resume as soon as possible, however. I appreciate everyone's interest in signing up.